Delicious and easy to make, this Habanero Hot Sauce is a must-try! It's hot, spicy, zingy, and tangy with delicious balance, body, and depth of flavour from sweet red bell peppers, onion, garlic, & a hint of real maple syrup. You'll be wanting to drizzle it on everything!
Prep time: PT10M
Cook time: PT7M
Total time: PT17M
Rating
4.93 stars (27 reviews)
Keywords
habanero hot sauce, hot sauce, hot sauce recipe
Ingredients
2 teaspoons oil (, any neutral-tasting oil such as light olive, vegetable, canola, sunflower oil. )
½ medium onion (, diced roughly)
2 large red bell peppers (, deseeded and cut into chunks)
3 large cloves garlic (, chopped roughly)
6 habanero peppers (walnut in a shell kind of size)
½ cup (120 ml) distilled white vinegar (, or apple cider vinegar)
2 tablespoons maple syrup
¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
About ¾ cup (180 ml) water (You might not need it all. )
Categories
Condiment
Sauce
Cuisine
vegan
Steps
Make sure you have a window or door open and an extractor fan on high to ventilate your kitchen. When the habaneros start cooking you will get strong chili pepper fumes. Sautéing on a grill outside is an option for a fume-free house.
Over a medium heat warm a skillet with the oil, then sauté the onions and bell peppers for a few minutes until soft.
Add the habaneros and sauté for a little while longer until soft and they and the bell peppers are slightly caramelized, then add the garlic. Turn off the heat and let the garlic cook in the residual heat of the pan.
Turn off the heat and transfer to a blender. Add the vinegar, maple syrup and salt and blend until completely smooth.
Open the blender and check the thickness. Add water to thin to the consistency you prefer, giving it a quick blend in between each addition.
Decant into bottles or jars and store in the refrigerator or freezer.
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 batch
Calories: 15 kcal
Carbohydrates: 3 g
Protein: 1 g
Fat: 1 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Sodium: 26 mg
Sugar: 2 g
Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
Reviews
Astaff on 2025-09-25 (5 stars): This sauce is deeelicious. I was thinking of making a triple batch and wondered if it would work to can it?
Thankyou
Lucia on 2023-10-21 (5 stars): This is the absolute best hot sauce ever! However, I skipped the garlic because I am allergic to it. And yes, it can be canned! I filled up the jars and boiled the closed jars for about 30 minutes. It lasted for over a year. This year I made (actually still ongoing right now) 5 portions but put more habaneros and selfmade apple vinegar. It is a delight and I can not thank you enough for this recipe! Greetings from Romania!
Arwen on 2021-09-27 (5 stars): ...and I just made my third batch of the month yesterday! This year, I also have a bhut jolokia plant, so I took a risk and used two of those and four habaneros. Oh, sweet baby jeebus the sauce is *amazing.* I added it to my honey-garlic sauce for wings last night. Fantastic! (But my husband insisted that I put anything it touched into the dishwasher myself. Last week, he got a bit on his hands and still won't let me hear the end of it...)
Kris Wallace on 2020-09-01 (5 stars): I haven't made this yet (going to make it tomorrow), but from everything I've read from others, it sounds like it's perfect for me. When I say 'me', I don't mean to use it myself because I just can't handle any heat. I have a bunch of habanero peppers that were gifted to me and I want to make a sauce for my two adult kids who LOVE big heat.
I have a question. When your recipe says 6 habanero peppers, what volume should that be? The peppers I have are the size of a small egg - is that the expected size? If I use a typical garden red bell pepper, it would give me just about the same volume. Also, the gifted habaneros include a couple of green ones and a couple of orangish ones...can I use these or should I just use the red ones?
Sorry for all of the questions - I only intend to make this once - carefully - and I want to get it right ;-)
Thank you!
Kristine
Phillip Zoeller on 2020-06-03 (5 stars): Nicely balanced, not too hot. Great on fried chicken!
Darren on 2020-05-03 (5 stars): Just made this sauce and it tastes delicious. What would you recommend pairing it with?
June Grey on 2020-04-06 (5 stars): Thanks for the recipe! I just made this today and it's great but I think I might try it without the maple syrup next time. Has anyone made this but left out the maple syrup? It was a little sweet for what I usually like for hot sauce ! Thanks again!
Claudia on 2019-11-26 (5 stars): Thank you! I don't really cook much, so I follow all instructions to the letter. The recipe was great! My family enjoyed it.
